Auction record for a living artist as David Hockney swimming pool scene makes $80m at Christie's
David Hockney’s ‘Portrait of an ‘Artist (Pool with Two Figures)’ from 1972 became the most expensive work by a living artist when it was knocked down for $80m (£61.6m) at Christie's in New York last night.
Offered at Christie’s post-war and contemporary art sale with an estimate in the region of $80m, the…